ST PIUS MINOR SEMINARY, KOTTAYAM | Burkse D' Alaha | SYRIAC MUSIC CONCERT

Presented by the 1st & 2nd Year Seminarians of the Missionary Society of St. Pius Xth Minor Seminary, Kottayam. Performed during the SEERI 2K25 - SYRIAC MUSIC CONCERT, organized by St. Ephrem Research Institute (SEERI), Kottayam......

(SEERI) SYRIAC MUSIC CONCERT 2025 by St. THOMAS APOSTOLIC SEMINARY VADAVATHOOR

Choir of St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary performs at the SYRIAC MUSIC CONCERT conducted by SEERI - St. Ephrem Ecumenical Institute, Kottayam, during the Ruby Jubilee Celebrations of SEERI. 15 September 2025....

'SEERI' - The FULFILLED VISION OF REV. DR. JACOB THEKEPARAMBIL.

Dr. Joseph J Palackal, CMI, in conversation with Rev. Dr. Jacob Thekeparambil, on the completion of 40 years as the Founder Director of SEERI. Four Decades of Syriac Scholarship and Service to the Syriaqc Churches! The MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!.......

Mar Aprem & Sree Narayana Guru: An Aramaic Dialogue. "Daiwadasakam"

An Aramaic version of Daivadasakam by Sree Narayana Guru Translated by Dr. Mar Aprem Metrapolitan. Special thanks to GuruNarayanaLokam https://www.gurunarayanalokam.com Sung by: Rose Johnson Music & Orchestration: Johnson John T. ......

Children in America who knew ONLY the Syriac version of two chants.

Please permit me to share my biggest surprise of the year. In February 2025, I visited my music colleague and collaborator, Sebastian Ottaplackal (Aramaic Project 150), in Atlanta, Georgia. On Saturday, 22 February, Sebastian invited me to see the children’s choir practice under his direction at the local Syro-Malabar parish........

FR. ALEXANDER KATTAKAYAM | SYRIAC CHANTS FROM HUDRA | MAD'RASA FOR SUNDAYS

Fr. ALEXANDER KATTAKKAYAM sings the chant Mad'rasa from the Hudra - Liturgy of the Hours for Sunday. Recorded by Fr. Joseph Palackal, CMI.......

"Sma Marya Slot''. FR ALEXANDER KATTAKAYAM, CMI | Syriac Hymns.

This is another example of a chant in free-flowing rhythm, with a specific melodic cadence at the end of the second and fourth verses of the stanza, as in D’MAALAAKAAYK. ALAYN RAHMAYK.......

SYRIAC SONGS | BRIK HANNANA | SAGDEENAN MAR | CHRISTOLOGICAL HYMN

Brīk hannānā dautaibūṯēh | Tesbōtā d’had b’šambē | d’subārā wad’yaldā , sung on Sunday Leliya, from the Liturgy of the Hours - (HUDRA) printed at St. Joseph Press, Mannanam, 1932......

FR. ALEXANDER KATTAKAYAM. "Pum N'mallel"

This is one of the melodies that went out of use during the Malayalam era. The melody is in a free-flowing rhythm with indefinite phrasing. That could have been the reason Fr. Abel did not use this melody (see Fr. Abel's letter (15 December 1997) to Fr. Joseph Palackal on Syriac chants........

Yada Husawe | Syriac Songs Repertory of Syro Malabar Church

Syriac Chant / Music Repertory of Syro Malabar Church. Here is a music treasure from the past. This is the fourth of forty-four melodies I recorded in the voice of Fr. Alexander Kattakkayam, CMI, a scholarly singer of Syriac chants in 1996. These recordings are significant because they contain melodies that are not currently in use. They are not in use because Fr. Abel Periyappuram, CMI, who prepared the Malayalam version of the Hudra, decided not to use them. Fr. Abel articulated his reason to do so in a letter to me on 15 December 1997.....

Fr. Alexander Kattakkayam, CMI sings melodies from the Hudra

Here is a music treasure from the past. This is the second and third of forty-four melodies I recorded in the voice of Fr. Alexander Kattakkayam, CMI, a scholarly singer of Syriac chants, in January 1996. These recordings are significant because they contain melodies that are not currently in use. They are not in use because Fr. Abel Periyappuram, CMI, who prepared the Malayalam version of the Hudra, decided not to use them. Fr. Abel articulated his reason to do so in a letter to me on 15 December 1997.......

Fr. Alexander Kattakkayam, CMI sings melodies from the Syriac Hudra

Here is a music treasure from the past. This is the first of forty-four melodies I recorded in the voice of Fr. Alexander Kattakkayam, CMI, a scholarly singer of Syriac chants. These recordings are significant because they contain melodies that are not currently in use. They are not in use because Fr. Abel Periyappuram, CMI, who prepared the Malayalam version of the Hudra, decided not to use them. Fr. Abel articulated his reason to do so in a letter to me on 15 December 1997.......

Shlam Lak Placid | Peace to you Placid | Syriac Hymn | ശ്ലാം ലാക് പ്ലാസിഡ്

ܫܠܡ ܠܟ ܦܠܣܕ Slam Lak Placid | സുറിയാനി ഗീതം | Peace to you placid| Syriac hymn commemorating the 40th Death Anniversary of Rev. Dr. Placid Podipara, CMI......